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Friends, pals, colleagues, university Education students and/or profs and/or any single individual checking this out from any vantage point whatsoever…
Bob Mehr is, among many (many!) things, a 2 x Grammy Award winning writer, producer, and NYT bestselling author of one of the most definitive rock bios ever written about any band… basically in the history of the deep and wide rock bio canon… I am, of course referring to Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements (Da Capo, 2016)!
Bob generously replied quickly and affirmatively to a LinkedIn message from a complete stranger, leading to the present convo! My mind is still blown, thanks!
This #ednontech audio is best played at a sensible, adult volume! But it’s up to you all…
A photo of the rock biographer… with some of his hard-earned hardware! #ednontech
Matt’s Notes
Personal fandom alert! I’m a forever fan of the Replacements, and all associated musicians, acts, and scenes…
Also, as a general thing, me and my dirtbag Atlantic Canadian pals have all, many of us anyhow, been through various Replacements fandoms… my best friend Jon was in a band called the Westerberg Suicides forever…
And, furthermore, I’ve been a fan of Bob Mehr’s authoritative, bestselling, thoroughly enjoyable, and thoroughly… troubling… biography of one of the Last Great Rock Bands… since before it came out! Since I heard the project was in development… more than ten years ago!
Bob’s professional connections and accolades are so significant, and so public… far be it from me to rehash any of it…
Speaking as a fan of the Replacements, Wilco, Green Day… and a veritable boatload of the others Bob has worked with through his writing, journalism, production, archival work, and just about any other role within the music industry you could care to name…
The word is “thanks”! In all gratitude… and RADITUDE…
And beyond any further of that, I’ll let the convo speak for itself… although I’ll leave a screenshot from the book’s website which Bob mentioned in the recording… and, as a special bonus, at absolutely no cost to you whatsoever… a ‘Mats-heavy YouTube playlist… AKA “Bob’s Greatest Hits”!
Go to here now! https://www.replacementsbook.com/
Bob has also recently worked on these other… uh… FAIRLY HIGH-PROFILE projects as well…
Billy Joe… Jeff… Paul… or, you know, the drummers… or… uh… other cool, rad indie artists…
The EnT Podcast and/or Today New Brunswick Tomorrow the World would be grateful! And shook! To have you… as guests!
Phew… so much effort not to fanboy on this thing! Folks, as far as I’m concerned this was a riot! You’ve witnessed history in the making, of various kinds!
Finally… I’d be remiss not to share a link to what is probably my favorite Westerberg interview of all time…!
Bob, thanks for stopping by! And the rest of you all, as well! But not as much as Bob!
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